Biathlon: the emotion of Siegfried Mazet after the announcement of Johannes Thingnes Boe
This Saturday January 18, 2025 at midday, the Norwegian biathlete Johannes Thingnes Boe, 31, revealed that he has decided to end his career at the end of the season. A surprise announcement since the Scandinavian had several times explained that he wanted to stop in 2026in the wake of the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
The surprise was also total for the staff of his national team, only taken into confidence in the morning. “It’s the simplest way and it’s still Johannesindicates to the microphone The Channel L’Equipe Siegfried Mazethis French shooting coach. He has always followed his instinct, whether in his training or in competition. We are focused on this 4-year Olympic cycle and stopping on the eve of an Olympic year surprises everyone. It would be a lie to say the opposite. At the same time, he has won everything and he now realizes that it is his family and his private life that come first. »
For the Drôme, this announcement from his biathlete was very moving : “We built a strong relationship, of the same type as the one I had with Martin [Fourcade]. When he stopped, I was with the Norwegians and I didn't experience his stop the way I experienced this one, but [j’avoue] that it brings up emotions. Usually, I'm pretty bad at tears, but here it came. »
-It is on March 23, after the mass start in Oslo-Holmenkollen (Norway), which Johannes Thingnes Boe will definitively put an end to to his immense career.
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